Tool-chest



F. CARR.

TOOL CHEST. APPLICATION FILED IAY a. ma. RENEWED NOV- 29. 1920.

1,366,243. Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

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\ Specification of LettersPiitent. Patented J 18 1921 Application filed Jlltay 3, Serial Nee 94,613. Renewed Rovember 29, .1920. Serial No. 427,205.

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FRANCIS CARR, e citilie it known liliitl; heir of the United in the county or l l ehel n tiitnte dosh, have inventedn ne mutusei'iul Tool-Chest, oil which the following is e specification. l.

The present invention relates. to improvements in t ol chests of that type involving a (:iisplny receptacles or trays wh ch are etteched together so that the trays they he iii-ought together in compact ioriu n two t or opened into position wherethe had with facility and the article sought may he quickly found and procured. Thus the invention is adapted for many uses end the trays or boxes the ehest'mny contain articles, 11nplen1ents,or tools peculiar to the profession or trade of the owner.

In the accompanying drewingsone coma plete example of the physical embodiment oi the invention is illustreted the parts beiug combined and arranged according tothe best mode sofelr devised for the practical application of the principles of the invention. t

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tool chest of the invention, the trays being compected and closed.

Fig. 2 is an end View of the chest or cabinet of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 3 is an end View of the chest with the chest trays opened out in. terraced form for displeying the contents of the trays.

Fig. it tunsverse View in section of one of the trays.

F 5 is it view showing the bottom box or buse tray in longitudinal section and illustreting' the attachment thereto of the handle and boil fol-carrying the chest.

Fig. 6 is a. detail of one of the connecting rods and a link forming part of the structure of the chest.

In the preferred form ofthe inventiones illustrated in the drawings I utilize the bottom box or tray 1 as the base of the chest, end this he is of suitable dimensions, preferehly rectengular in shape and open (til the residing at Ogden,

trays are terreced or steppad rehitively to .eeeh other. i

top torthe U-shepe boil 2, made of sheet it end fashioned with en attached hensiinilerto e; satchel handle while the is pivoted Ell) each end, as ate, in a nietullicstrdp 5 git the endsof the box. As shown, the box is of wood. and the strap 5 is ofinetelto reinforce the structure undi'iorm bearings for the pivots ift, us well as per forming efsiniiler function for other parts eswillbe described, 1 i

i-\hm'e the box or base trey are. arranged two tiers, its (5 and T, of trays indicated by the numerals 8, 9, and ends 9". 10 superposed in tiers and located symmetricallyet thesides of the longitudinal center tiers of trays together when compacted, this lock device being of suitable ordesired nature, 'ortype. i i i As clearly shown in the drawings the trays are. connected together by pivoted links which permit folding of the trays into compact form as in Fig. 2, and also permit opening of the trays or tiers of trays as in 3.. The linkseiearrnngedas single units and as pairs, as for instance, the two lowermost trays 8 end S are connected to the hose trey by a pair of single links 1.4, 14L, and the two uppermost trays 10 and 10 are connected with their respective next lower treys 9 and 9 by the single links 15, 15, the iower ends oi the single linl-cs let being: pivoted at "L6 in the metal strap 5. end the upper ends of the links 15 being pivoted at 17 to :1 similar reinforcing metal strep 18, which latter strap is used, one on I each oi the trays 8, 9 10. :ind 8' 9 10. In 4 addition to these single links there are employed pairs of links us 20 21 which here their outer ends connected ill) the ex treme sides of the trays, while their connected, inner ends are pivoted at 22 to a common pivot point secured at the longitudinal exiel center of the trays. It will of course be understood that complementery links ere arranged etboth ends of the chest, endflthe description of one set will be applicable for both ends.

(his end of each individual link is rigidly ion secured to the squared end 23 of a rock bar 24, and each of the trays, except the two uppermost ones, has a'pair of rounded grooves 25 in the interior opposite faces of their side walls to receive and support these bars 24. The two uppermost trays 11 and jpivot support on the rock bar seated in the groove in the wall of the lower tray, and

the otherpivot support at the longitudinal centralja'xis jof the lower tray. Exception however "is made to the base tray or box, which has the links 20. pivoted 'at;the side's 'of theg-tray,jwhile the links 14L are pivoted at equidistant points at the sides of the longitudinal central axis of the-tray. The

V out to the'terraced position of Fig. 3.

the opening movement the tray swings outwardly on the pivotcenters, as for instance, the traylO is swung'outwardly from the supportingflinks' of the trays remain' in par 'l'lehsm at all times, andwhen'it is desiredtoop'ejn the chest, the latch or lock 13 is'first'opened or released and then one or both of the-tiers of trays may be opened In lower tray 9 in order to uncover and clear the top of the tray beneath, and in this movement the links 15 and 21 (at both ends 'of the"tray) swing, the latter on rock bar 24 as the upper pivot point and fixed point 22 as the lower pivot and the former onlthe fixed upper pivot point with the rockJ bar-2l as-its: lower pivot in the side wall of the tray '9; The action of the other rigid and stable supporting instrun'ientality for the t 'ay and they hold the tray in horizontal position so that the contents are easily accessible, and the relatively close arrangement of the end links permits freedom of movement so that the links may swing on their pivots, and this movement is enhanced by the utilization of the rock bars which are seated in the grooves of the side walls of the trays.

The handle, which is attached at the lower portion of the chest, to the base tray or box, provides a facile means for" transportation, and the compactly arranged trays when arranged in tiers as shown may be readily carried by the handle 3.

What I claim is- 1. The combination in a tool chest with anupper and a lower tray each having a groove in the inner face of one of its side walls and rock bars in said grooves projecting through the end walls of the trays, a link fixed on the ends of each bar, and said links each having pivotal connection with the adjoining tray.

2. The combination in a tool chest comprising'a base tray and opposed tiers of superposed trays, the inner faces of the walls of the trays having grooves and rock bars supported therein with their ends projecting through the end walls of the trays, links fixed on the said projecting ends and having their ends each pivoted on an adjacent tray, and the twouppermost trays having securing means to lock the tiers against lateral movement.

FRANCIS CARR. 

